- sad face
After four years of playing face-rattling rock n’ roll, the Cuban Assassins are calling it quits, with a final show on Canada Day at Gus’ Pub with Myles Deck and the Fuzz Troublestarters and Flagshipsinker.
Bassist Brent Gelkie is pragmatic about the split. “We’ve been playing the same set for over a year now. We haven’t added anything new to it. I think when that happens, it’s time to quit.” he says. After taking a break from playing live earlier this year, the group tried to write new songs, but it was a struggle. “We weren’t on the same page musically and it wasn’t coming together,” Gelkie says. “We were just writing the same song over and over. We’re a real one-trick pony.”
Gelkie, drummer/singer Jason Wilson and guitarist Bruce Parks remain good pals and Gelkie says he has nothing but fond memories of the entire experience. “We loved playing with all our favorite bands,” he says. “C’mon, the Brutal Knights, our second show was opening for D.O.A. in Moncton—-we were so lucky.” If the Cuban Assassins were a one-trick pony, they stomped the hell out of this city—from playing the final show in Hell’s Kitchen to their roaring split 7” with Myles Deck and the Fuzz. We bid them a mournful adieu.
This article appears in Jun 24-30, 2010.